Saturday, July 11, 2009




A cool image I made
#define stamp1_width 30\n
#define stamp1_height 30\n
static unsigned char stamp1_bits[] = {\n
0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x3f, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f,
0x45, 0x3e, 0x91, 0x2f, 0xc5, 0xff, 0xf1, 0x2f, 0x45, 0x3e, 0x91, 0x2f,
0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22,
0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f, 0x7d, 0x22, 0x9f, 0x28, 0xfd, 0xe3, 0xff, 0x28,
0x7d, 0x22, 0x9f, 0x28, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22,
0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f, 0x45, 0x3e, 0x91, 0x2f,
0xc5, 0xff, 0xf1, 0x2f, 0x45, 0x3e, 0x91, 0x2f, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f,
0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22, 0x11, 0x08, 0x04, 0x22, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f,
0x7d, 0x22, 0x9f, 0x28, 0xfd, 0xe3, 0xff, 0x28, 0x7d, 0x22, 0x9f, 0x28,
0x7d, 0x3e, 0x9f, 0x2f, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x3f };



Ok, so, I didn't want to upload this to any host website... so i just converted it to xbm format. Simply copy the text, paste it in an editor of your choice and save it as "stamp1.xbm" and viewing should be possible. Unfortunatly, firefox has seemed to disable embeded xbm image support so just bear with me. if you don't know how to do this, just google it. its not that important, just geeky :D

on a geek note, my slackware computer is working nicely. I have gotten essentially all the applications I want right now, and internet is working fine. SCORE! This new distribution has rekindled my love of linux. Its so great how elegant this operating system is. I just feel so good using it.

projects? of course!
So I've recently fallen in love with the application known as VIM, a powerful text editor that runs without x-windows. The automatic syntax highlighting is a joy to work with, and I hope to use it in my journey to learn some programing. I also downloaded some plugins that would make csound work with Vim, which is quite exciting. Recently, I've also stumbled across the ABC music notation system that uses only text files. Learning it was amazingly easy, and I was able to type music out on my alphasmart in less than an hour! Did i mention VIM had syntax highlighting support for ABC? the app abc2ps allows me to turn all abc notation into musical score: way too cool for school. My hope is to learn the abc language with lilypond; two scripts that combine ease of use and good quality music scores.

alright... I prolly should sleep now. another beautiful day awaits. I lOVE SUMMER!